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{{Shortcut|WP:CITEQR}} 

'''Note that the use of these templates is not required.'''

Use of these templates is manual: authors should cut-and-paste into their text and erase fields they do not need.  Remember the <nowiki>{{double curly braces}}</nowiki> and a vertical bar between fields.  Introductory ("Beginner" and "Tutorial") pages such as the CITING SOURCES tab in the [[Wikipedia:Tutorial]] page do not necessarily cover templates. Another template which covers all these uses may be found at [[Template:Citation|Citation]].

If you are using the inline reference citation style in your article (using <nowiki><ref></nowiki> tags to create footnotes), then these templates would go inside the <nowiki><ref></nowiki> tags as follows:
<pre><ref>{{cite book|author=...}}</ref></pre>

''See full list of citation templates at [[Wikipedia:Citation templates]].''  For other templates, see  [[Wikipedia:Template namespace]].

== Citing a book ==

'''{{tl|cite book}}'''

;Not complete

{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6"
! Longer version !! Most common fields
|- width="50%"
|
<pre>
{{Cite book
 | last = 
 | first = 
 | author-link = 
 | author = 
 | author2 = 
 | editor = 
 | others = 
 | title = <!-- required -->
 | orig-year = 
 | url = 
 | format = 
 | access-date = 
 | edition = 
 | date = 
 | year = 
 | publisher = 
 | location = 
 | language = 
 | isbn = 
 | pages = 
 | chapter = 
 | chapter-url = 
 | quote =
}}
</pre>
| style="vertical-align: top;" |
<pre>
{{Cite book
 | last = 
 | first = 
 | author-link = 
 | year = 
 | title = <!-- required -->
 | publisher = 
 | location = 
 | isbn = 
 | pages = 
}}
</pre>
|}

== Citing a journal ==

'''{{tl|cite journal}}'''

;Not complete

{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6"
! Longer version !! Most common fields
|- width="50%"
|
<pre>
{{Cite journal
 | first = Jean
 | last = Elford
 | author-link = 
 | author = 
 | author2 =
 | date = 1974
 | year = 
 | title = The Icelanders - Their Ontario Year
 | quote =
 | journal = The Beaver
 | volume = 
 | issue = 
 | pages = 53–57
 | doi =
 | id = 
 | url = 
 | format =
 | access-date =
 }}</pre>
| style="vertical-align: top;" |
<pre>
{{Cite journal
 | author = 
 | date = 
 | year = 
 | title = <!-- required -->
 | journal = 
 | volume = 
 | issue = 
 | pages = 
 | doi = 
 | id = 
 | url = 
 }}</pre>
|}

== Citing a news article ==

'''{{tl|cite news}}'''

;Not complete

<pre>
{{Cite news 
 | first = 
 | last = 
 | author-link =
 | author = 
 | author2 =
 | title = 
 | url = 
 | format = 
 | work = 
 | publisher = 
 | pages = 
 | page = 
 | date = 
 | access-date = 
 | language = 
 | quote = 
}}
</pre>
*'''title''' is required, rest is optional. Note that title must be on one line in order for the hyperlink to display properly.
* '''author''': Author 
** '''last''' works with '''first''' to produce <code>last, first</code>
** '''author-link''' works either with '''author''' or with '''last''' & '''first''' to link to the appropriate wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.
** '''author2''', or '''last2''' & '''first2''': allows additional authors
* '''url''': Link to the news item if available online 
** '''format''': Format, i.e. PDF. Don't specify for HTML (implied as default).
**: Specify as'' 'fee required' ''if free access no longer available.
**: Specify as'' 'Reprint' ''if a full original version but not hosted by the original publisher.
* '''work''': If this item is part of a larger work (such as a newspaper), name of that work.
* '''publisher''': Publisher, if any.
* '''date''': date of publication, in same format as dates in the body of the article. 
* '''pages''' or '''page''': the page number or numbers of the relevant information (e.g.  pages=31-32 or page=157). Note that "pages" overrides "page" if they are both present.
* '''access-date''': Date when item was accessed, in same format as dates in the body of the article.
* '''language''': the language in which the source is written.
* '''quote''': Relevant quote.

== Citing the web ==

'''{{tl|cite web}}'''

;Not complete

<pre>{{Cite web
| url = <!-- required -->
| title = <!-- required -->
| access-date = 
| author = 
| last = 
| first = 
| author-link = 
| date = 
| year = 
| work = 
| publisher = 
| pages = 
| format = 
| language = 
| quote = 
| archive-url = 
| archive-date = 
}}</pre>

This template is specifically for web sites which are not news sources. See also [[citation templates]] for more on templates for citing open-source web content in Wikipedia articles.  Here are some convenient examples.

;Common form for cases where little is known about authorship of the page
<tt><nowiki>{{Cite web |url= |title= |access-date= |format= |work= }}</nowiki></tt>

;Using author
<tt><nowiki>{{Cite web |url= |title= |access-date= |author= |author-link= |author2= |date= |year= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>

;Using last, first
<tt><nowiki>{{Cite web |url= |title= |access-date= |last= |first= |author-link= |author2= |date= |year= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>

The most common parameters are as follows. See also the complete documentation in [[Template:Cite web]]. 
* '''url''' (required): URL of online item. 
* '''title''' (required): Title of online item.
* '''access-date''' in same format as dates in body of article.
* either '''author''', or '''last''' and '''first''' to produce <code>last, first</code>. Don't wikilink these; instead use '''author-link''' to link to the appropriate wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs. More authors can be added as author2 author3 etc. as can first, last pairs of parameters.

* '''date''': Full date of publication, in same format as main text of article. Or, use '''year'''. If you also have the day, use ''date'' instead. (optional)
* '''archive-url''': URL of the archive location of the item, and '''archive-date''': Date when the item was archived, in same format as main text of the article.

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